Printing Help

Hi

I would like some advice on printing this photo. The largest it can be including the frame is 20inches wide.

A few questions i have are

1. What colour frame and the thickness of the frame. It is to go in the kitchen and i have glossy white kitchen cupboards. Also the thickness of the frame. (Do i need a frame)

2. Do i need a window mount and if so what colour. The larger the window mount the smaller the actual photo so not so sure about this.

3. Finally what type of paper. I have heard metallic is really good for black and white but not for portraits so a bit confused. I normally use art paper but not printed this large in it.

Thank you for all your help

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these guys are awesome....... very modern look... print it with the white option.. no frame needed comes with a mounted hanger

i never thought of that. has anyone else had any experience with this kind of printing?

AARBISER... dod you order the print from Magnachrome?

The photo looks way overexposed to me, at least a stop.

tim wrote in post #13987431
The photo looks way overexposed to me, at least a stop.

Interesting, Tim, and I'm curious!

First off I am on a cheap laptop (my workstation is in the shop) so I'm not set up to do any serious evaluation of photos. However, I have dialed the laptop monitor Brightness down as far as I'm comfortable with and in that sense seems to do well.

So, to my eyes, the posted shot doesn't appear to be "way overexposed" and I'm curious as to what you are basing this on -- are you talking about the brightness of the whites, or do you believe that the face/skin tones are overexposed, or ??

Curious!

I wouldn't say it is way over-exposed, but it is a little bright.

I would print this on metallic and get an aluminum frame, from like Ikea. My buddy had some metallic B&Ws done, and got these aluminum frames from Ikea and it looked killer.

I always use a frame that is one size up from the print, example: my A3+ prints sit nicely in A2 frames with a suitable mat/mount.

20" wide maximum you are probably looking at an A3 or A3+ frame, so printing at A4 would frame up nicely.

With the monochrome print I'd stick to a white mat/mount with a dark (probably black) frame, or black with a light (probably white) frame. But this has to suit the intended location, which cannot be ignored. My own thinking is to make the image project rather than match and hide it.

Jeremy Bryant wrote in post #13995549
I would say, go with your guts. Print it on metallic, I'm sure that it will come out fine. But don't forget the frame. There's a point in our lives where every picture that goes up needs a frame, and I believe that you are past that point. Plus you said that you will be putting it up in the kitchen, which means that it needs to be protected because that room can be messy at times.

Not sure what you mean by "a point in our lives", but I'm certainly a strong believer in the right frames improve and show off the picture. Plus the fact that I also believe that an image does not exist until its been printed - an image sat on a computer is a non image in my view.

I printed similar photos for another photog, his son, looked very nice. He used a white over black Matte and a narrow black frame, looked very nice! I tried printing it on RRP's Pearl Mettalic and did NOT like what it did to the skin tones. Used glossy paper and it was framed under glass. Agree that If it is to be hung in a kitchen it should be glass framed.